I'd say yes. 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of the 88 tour, and it would be sweet if we got a new release, similar to the original 3 albums, filled with all unreleased material that didn't make it to BTHW, TBBYNHIYL, and MAJNH. Can anyone name songs that haven't made it to official releases yet? I know the birthday bundles have 1-2 88 band tracks on each one, but it's just not enough.

Or

Would you prefer an entire show? Maybe on one of the future Road Tapes series?

A new 88 band album, a 73 show with JLP and Sal Marquez, Roxy By Proxy, and Dance Me This all need to come out this year. If that happened, I'm sure every Zappa fanatic would scoop those up faster than you could name all the release titles.

It would be nice to have an official release of a whole show from '88, without cuts or excerpts from different nights edited together. 1988, warts and all. It was a ensemble of excellent musicians, a pity Ray White was not there too. A pity it was Frank's last tour. A pity they ended in a sea of inner tension. Isn't it a pity?

It would be nice to have an official, high-quality, up-to-date master of The Beatles parody medley: Norwegian Jim/Louisiana Hooker with Herpes/Texas Motel...

Ditto.

_________________Everytime we picked a booger we'd flip it on this one winduh. Every night we'd contribute, 2, 3, 4 boogers. We had to use a putty knife, man, to get them damn things off the winduh. There was some goober ones that weren't even hard...

There's been half a dozen 88 tracks on the Birthday Bundles (see here: http://www.idiotbastard.com/FZ88discography.htm), and I too would like more of the unreleased material rather than a complete concert. But I'll take whatever they come up with. There have been hints that we're due more from this tour, so let's keep 'em crossed it'll be soon.

That's a lot of songs. I might have even forgot a few.Definitely enough for a double CD, with maybe some repeats, but different, versions. I wouldn't mind another version of Big Swifty, Heavy Duty Judy, King Kong, and Dupree's Paradise for the extended improv sections.

As an addendum to my earlier post, I would just die for a "frost-off-the-pumpkin high-quality/remastered" version (or versions) of "I am the Walrus"

The (decent quality) version on youtube from the '88 Barcelona show is simply immaculate and hilarious, especially with the clever transition from "Whipping Post" (which was preceded by "Watermelon in Easter Hay" (if any complete '88 show should see remaster/release, the 17 May Barcelona show should, if ya ask me!))

_________________Oh No! I don't believe it...You say that you think you know the meaning of love...

It was rumored in another thread that according to The Idiot Bastard sight, which is run by the gentleman 4 posts above this, that... And as if that weren’t enough, word on the street is that Madrid 88 is imminent…

And yes. An '88 tour show is way overdue. Because the tour was professionally recorded, I don't know if it would be a Road Tapes series release, Vaulternative series or a stand alone non-series release.

Unintended consequence could be that Ike gets re=appreciated once again, people go to see Project Object and either a friendship with the Zappa camp will happen or new hostilities and fresh lawsuits will spring forth.

I would really like to see a DVD of the Madrid show; according to Zappa (and Keneally) it was professionally filmed and is much better than the Barcelona show. However, it seemed there were problems syncing the sound to video.

So I was really glad to read...

SPACEBROTHER wrote:

word on the street is that Madrid 88 is imminent…

_________________"I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly."

No complete shows warts and all, thank you. This approach is dishonorable to FZ's legacy.As far as an edited montage of the golden nuggets? FZ already did that. I have to saythat I've not gotten much mileage out of most of the posthumous releases. HammersmithOdeon 1978 being the exception.

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